The Page Turner: Difficult Men

Well, I kind of put my foot in my mouth, didn't I? I labelled myself a 

self-proclaimed book-aholic and then I don't touch a book for months.

I really showed you! I blame it fully and entirely on boredom in material

form: Kanthapura. I tend to really enjoy books set in India, but that one

was a total miss. So I had to bite the bullet and I joined the masses -

I am now one of those that don't finish books they start. Gasp. 

My reading slump thankfully came to an end and I'm back on the

train of enlightenment!  When I saw Difficult Men on my friend's

coffee table I immediately thought to myself:  Why thank you, Brett

Martin.  You seem to have a written a book with me in mind!

Reasons To Read Difficult Men:

1. After reading this book your confidence in the fact that TV

is more than just mere junk will be restored. Feel bad that

you're watching Breaking Bad instead of reading a book?

Don't! This book gives great insight into the deep intellectual

process of the shows we love. The fact that a lot of these shows

deal with economical issues -  how even the middle class

isn't fully secure and men who need to break bad in order

to keep themselves and their families afloat - insist that TV is

doing more than keeping society in a zombie-like state. Have

faith that not all TV is keeping the mind deactivated, rather we

have come upon an age of thought-provoking television shows.

2. I often find the lives of writers, and in this case show creators,

to be more interesting than the works they produce. Take the lives

of Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, and Virginia Woolf for

example. This may have something to do with my fascination with

the world of artists. 

3.  If you're experiencing withdrawal symptoms after Breaking Bad, 

The Sopranos, Mad Men, The Wire, etc. has ended, 

this is a great way to get one last fix.

The next book will be Charlie LeDuff's Detroit. So far this book is

terrific and I can be found reading it in a binge-like manner.